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• Arizona lawmakers struggle to stay on priorities

  It's early on in the Arizona legislative session, but so far the proposals described by one top Republican as "esoteric" and criticized by Democrats as unconstitutional have dominated the headlines _ despite promises from GOP leaders to focus on top-tier issues such as balancing the state budget and improving education.

• ANALYSIS-Immigration reform could boost U.S. economic growth

  NEW YORK, Jan 29- The sluggish U.S. economy could get a lift if President Barack Obama and a bipartisan group of senators succeed in what could be the biggest overhaul of the nation's immigration system since the 1980 s.

• Tax Tattoos? Red States Look to Sales Over Income Taxes

  

  Republican governors are moving to cut income taxes, including proposals that would increase reliance on state sales taxes, setting up ambitious experiments in tax reform that could shape what is possible on a national level.

• Judge rules La. retirement plan unconstitutional

  BATON ROUGE, La.-- Louisiana Gov. "Because the Legislature did not pass this by a two-thirds majority, I think it's invalid," said state District Judge William Morvant in Baton Rouge. Jindal, who was out of town for a national Republican Party speech, issued a statement pledging to appeal Morvant's decision, an appeal that will go directly to the Louisiana Supreme Court.

• Louisiana shelves cut to Medicaid hospice program

  Bobby Jindal's administration scrapped plans Wednesday to shutter Louisiana's Medicaid hospice program in February, meaning the state will continue to provide end-of-life care to people on their death beds who can't afford private insurance. said deRada, who works for a hospice service in St. Tammany Parish, 40 miles north of New Orleans.

• US governors still cautious despite improving budgets

  WASHINGTON, Jan 15- The natural gas boom has brought fortune to Wyoming over the last year and lifted its revenues beyond expectations, but in his state of the state address last week, Governor Matt Mead pressed legislators to cut spending by 6 percent.

• Tax Reform May Happen at State, Not Federal, Level

  

  Hopes for overhauling the federal tax system are fading in Washington, but in some state capitals, tax reform experiments- some far-reaching- are fast taking shape.

• U.S. states flirt with major tax changes

  CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Jan 13- Hopes for overhauling the federal tax system are fading in Washington, but in some state capitals, tax reform experiments- some far-reaching- are fast taking shape.

• UPDATE 8-BP agrees to record criminal penalties for US oil spill

  *Company to pay $4.5 billion in penalties. NEW ORLEANS/ WASHINGTON, Nov 15- BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to criminal misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which caused the worst U.S. offshore oil spill ever.

• UPDATE 7-BP agrees to record criminal penalties for US oil spill

  *Company to pay $4.5 billion in penalties. NEW ORLEANS/ WASHINGTON, Nov 15- BP Plc will pay $4.5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to felony misconduct in the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which caused the worst U.S. offshore oil spill ever.

• INSIGHT-BP oil spill settlement before election seen unlikely

  *BP, Justice Department seek to settle civil, criminal charges.

• BASF plant being constructed in Ascension Parish

  GEISMAR, La.-- BASF is building a formic acid production plant in Louisiana's Ascension Parish that will create 20 new jobs. Bobby Jindal and company executives were at the groundbreaking Tuesday, at the company's 2,600- acre complex in Geismar, which is home to nearly two dozen chemical plants.

• Miss. says no thanks to Medicaid expansion dollars

  JACKSON, Miss.-- Mississippi has long been one of the sickest and poorest states in America, with some of the highest rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease and more than 1 in 7 residents without insurance. And so you might think Mississippi would jump at the prospect of billions of federal dollars to expand Medicaid.

• New report takes a look at Louisiana tax structure

  BATON ROUGE, La.-- Louisiana state agencies have released a 43- page report that provides an overview of the state's tax structure and the $6.8 billion in tax breaks on the books. The report, released Monday, was put out by the Department of Revenue and Department of Economic Development. Bobby Jindal has said a revamp of Louisiana's tax code will be his top priority.

• CORRECTED-Gulf Coast senators to Obama: Ensure BP spill deal is fair

  WASHINGTON, Oct 5- Senators from the U.S. Gulf Coast urged President Barack Obama on Friday to ensure that any legal settlement for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill does not undermine a recently passed law that would funnel billions of dollars worth of fines to their states.

• Gulf Coast senators to Obama: Ensure BP spill deal is fair

  WASHINGTON, Oct 5- Senators from the U.S. Gulf Coast urged President Barack Obama on Friday to ensure that any legal settlement for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill does not undermine a recently passed law that would funnel billions of dollars worth of fines to their states.

• La. lawmakers agree to regulations for tax breaks

  BATON ROUGE, La.-- Louisiana lawmakers agreed Tuesday to regulations that will govern a package of new business tax breaks pushed by Gov. Louisiana's economic development secretary will be able to offer three tax incentives to businesses considering whether to relocate or expand here.